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Ottawa 1 1 2--4
Nashville 0 0 0--0
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Dackell 12 (Fisher, Lacroix), 2:46.
Penalties: Yashin, Ott (goalie interference), 10:35; K Skrastins, Nas
(hooking), 14:42.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Ottawa, Havlat 18 (Zamuner, Redden), 12:58.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Rachunek 2 (power play) (Alfredsson,
Redden), 7:37. 4, Ottawa, Zamuner 18 (Havlat), 15:24. Penalties: Lacroix,
Ott (tripping), 4:34; Legwand, Nas (holding), 7:25; Yashin, Ott (goalie
interference), 11:17; Dunham, Nas served by Hartnell (slashing), 11:17.
Shots on goal:
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Ottawa 16 12 10--38
Nashville 5 8 7--20
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Power-play Conversions: Ott - 1 of 2, Nas - 0 of 2. Goalies: Ottawa,
Lalime (20 shots, 20 saves; record: 33-18-4). Nashville, Dunham (38, 34;
record: 19-20-4). A:17,113. Referees: Marouelli, Pollock. Linesmen: D
Mccourt, Schachte.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Ottawa Nashville
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Alfredsson 0 1 even 3 Arkhipov 0 0 -2 1
Arvedson 0 0 even 2 Cisar 0 0 -2 1
Bonk 0 0 even 3 Eaton 0 0 even 0
Dackell 1 0 +1 4 Fitzgerald 0 0 -1 2
Fisher 0 1 +2 1 Hartnell 0 0 even 3
Havlat 1 1 +2 1 Houlder 0 0 even 0
Hossa 0 0 even 3 Hulse 0 0 -1 0
Lacroix 0 1 +1 1 Johnson 0 0 even 1
Leschyshyn 0 0 even 1 K Skrastins 0 0 -2 1
Mceachern 0 0 even 1 Kjellberg 0 0 even 2
Phillips 0 0 +1 0 Legwand 0 0 even 3
Rachunek 1 0 +2 3 Lintner 0 0 -2 0
Redden 0 2 +2 3 R Robitaille 0 0 -1 0
Salo 0 0 even 2 Ronning 0 0 even 1
Sillinger 0 0 +1 3 Stevenson 0 0 -2 0
Yashin 0 0 even 3 Timonen 0 0 -1 3
York 0 0 +1 2 Walker 0 0 -1 1
Zamuner 1 1 +2 2 Yachmenev 0 0 even 1
Rivers Healthy Valicevic Concussion
Roy Healthy P Skrbek Concussion
Persson Healthy
Hnidy Healthy
Game Story
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Patrick Lalime made 20 saves
and extended a franchise record with his seventh shutout of the
season as the Ottawa Senators blanked the Nashville Predators,
4-0.
Lalime recorded his 33rd victory, which also bettered his own
club mark. He has a 1.80 goals-against average while winning
four of his last five starts.
"We dominated the whole game and we scored some big goals,"
Lalime said. "It was a good effort from everybody."
With their third straight victory, the Senators moved back into
a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with New Jersey.
Mike Dunham stopped 34 shots, but Nashville fell seven points
behind Phoenix for the final Western Conference playoff berth
with just five games to play.
"We didn't give Mike any help," said Predators coach Barry
Trotz, whose team was outshot, 38-20. "They had a lot of
quality chances."
Rookie Martin Havlat scored his 18th goal and set up another by
Rob Zamuner as the Senators won for the fifth time in the last
six games.
Andreas Dackell opened the scoring early in the first period and
rookie defenseman Karel Rachunek tallied on the power play as
Ottawa avenged a 2-1 loss in the clubs' last meeting on November
11, 1999.
"I knew they were good, I forgot just how good they are," Trotz
said. "I'm glad we don't play them a lot."
"Ottawa is smart," added Nashville right wing Scott Walker.
"They can skate and play physical when they have to. They do
everything a hockey needs to do to win."
Ottawa has taken points in all but one game this season when
scoring at least four goals (27-1-3-1).
Dackell began the onslaught just 2:34 into the game. He
received the puck from Mike Fisher at the right faceoff circle,
skated through the crease and was foiled by Dunham's kick save.
But the rebound bounced perfectly for Dackell, whose wrister
beat the goalie high to the stick side.
"There's no way we can skill one out against a team like
Ottawa," Walker said. "We need to win the battles down low and
we didn't do that tonight."
Zamuner's cross-ice pass found a streaking Havlat as Ottawa took
a 2-0 lead 12:58 into the middle session. The 19-year-old Czech
drove toward the net and deked Dunham before putting a wrister
by him.
"I thought everybody was pulling in the same direction,"
Senators coach Jacques Martin said. "We really didn't give them
many opportunities and we created several for ourselves. We had
a lot of jump tonight."
The Senators added two insurance goals in the third period.
With rookie Scott Hartnell serving Dunham's slashing penalty,
Rachunek converted the second of Ottawa's two power-play
chances. Set up by Daniel Alfredsson, he fired a slap shot
between Dunham's pads.
"One of our goals was to improve our special teams play," Martin
said. "It's nice to see some results."
Wade Redden helped set up the goal, giving him seven points in
the last four games.
Zamuer collected Havlat's pass in the low slot, shifted to his
backhand and flipped the puck past Dunham for Ottawa's fourth
goal.